Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/stlissus

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Disputed. Summarized from Irslinger (2002):[1]

  • Pedersen, implying *sɸlixstus, relates this to Ancient Greek πλίσσομαι (plíssomai) via a putative Proto-Indo-European *(s)pleygʰ-. Frisk, Mayrhofer, and Schrijver reject this connection.
  • Foy, LEIA, Hamp (and also Matasović[2]) go for a connection to Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to spread”), via an extended *st(é)l-t-tus. This requires posing an isolated -t- extension to the root, which does not satisfy Irslinger.
  • Irslinger, citing De Bernardo Stempel, prefers to derive this from a root *spelt-, avoiding the need for an aberrant root extension.

Noun

*stlissus m

  1. side

Inflection

Masculine/feminine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *stlissus *stlissū *stlissowes
vocative *stlissu *stlissū *stlissūs
accusative *stlissum *stlissū *stlissuns
genitive *stlissous *stlissous *stlissowom
dative *stlissou *stlissubom *stlissubos
locative *? *? *?
instrumental *stlissū *stlissubim *stlissubis

Alternative reconstructions

  • *slissus
  • *sɸlissus
  • *sɸlixstus

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *stlɨs (as a noun), *llɨs- (as a prefix)
  • Old Irish: slis

References

  1. ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 128-129
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*stlissu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
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